Kenyan editors condemn attacks on Uganda journalists

Tuesday August 21 2018

Kenya Editors Guild Chairman Churchill Otieno speaking during the launch of the Editors Guilds Press club at the Sarova Stanley Hotel Nairobi, on June 12, 2018. The guild has condemned the attacks on journalists covering the ongoing protests in Uganda. PHOTO | MARTIN MUKANGU | NATION

In Summary

The Kenya Editors Guild on Tuesday said it was “gravely concerned about the developments affecting media freedom” in the country.

On Monday, Ugandan soldiers were caught on camera beating up aReuters photojournalist James Akena as he covered a demonstration in the capital Kampala.

Kenyan editors have condemned the attacks on journalists covering the ongoing protests in Uganda.

The Kenya Editors Guild on Tuesday said it was “gravely concerned about the developments affecting media freedom” in the country.

“The action of security agencies in Uganda is a blatant attempt to silence journalists and deny Ugandans and the world the right to know and understand political and democratic events in that country. It must be condemned by all respectable individuals and nations, regardless of their positions or stations in society and the world,” the guild's chairman Churchill Otieno said in a statement.

On Monday, Ugandan soldiers were caught on camera beating up a Reuters photojournalist James Akena as he covered a demonstration in the capital Kampala.